2025S0188-1 03/06/25
By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo S.B. No. 2135
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of an additional county court at law and an
additional statutory probate court in Hidalgo County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 25.1101(a) and (b), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) Hidalgo County has the following statutory county
courts:
(1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Hidalgo County;
(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Hidalgo County;
(3) County Court at Law No. 4 of Hidalgo County;
(4) County Court at Law No. 5 of Hidalgo County;
(5) County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County;
(6) County Court at Law No. 7 of Hidalgo County;
(7) County Court at Law No. 8 of Hidalgo County;
(8) County Court at Law No. 9 of Hidalgo County; [and]
(9) County Court at Law No. 10 of Hidalgo County; and
(10) County Court at Law No. 11 of Hidalgo County.
(b) Hidalgo County has the following statutory probate
courts:
(1) [one statutory probate court, the] Probate Court
No. 1 of Hidalgo County; and
(2) Probate Court No. 2 of Hidalgo County.
SECTION 2. (a) On January 1, 2026:
(1) the Probate Court No. 2 of Hidalgo County is
created; and
(2) the Probate Court of Hidalgo County is
redesignated as Probate Court No. 1 of Hidalgo County.
(b) The County Court at Law No. 11 of Hidalgo County is
created on January 1, 2027.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.